Seaplanes

Flights from Tacoma and a new restaurant are all part of the plan, which is expected to launch next year.

FLYING Travel Editor Jonathan Welsh tries out Tailwind Air’s new seaplane shuttle service.

So, we had to ask: Is the ICON A5 really a platform of interest for the U.S. military? And would the assignment of its IP to a Chinese-government-backed entity pose undue concern for U.S. interests on the global stage? A recent investigation opened by the Committee of Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) came in […]

The manufacturer seeks primary type certification on the A5 while under scrutiny resulting from questions regarding its Chinese ownership and potential military applications.

Once a place to ‘drive through, not to,’ Tavares, Florida, is now a popular destination for seaplane pilots.

The DS-2C joins the CD2 Seastar twin turboprop in the company’s return to the flying boat scene.

A de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crashed Thursday, August 5, eight miles northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. The pilot and all five passengers were killed. The aircraft is owned by Southeast Aviation, which provides sightseeing tours, including one to the Misty Fjords National Monument. According to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard, an EPIRB (emergency […]

As soon as I walked into the Icon booth at AirVenture, my eyes immediately focused on the paint scheme of the demo A5 amphibious aircraft sitting front and center. The green paint scheme wasn’t anything I thought about. It just drew me toward the airplane. Not surprisingly, it turned out the new color scheme—one of […]

A Husky on floats forms nearly the perfect summer fly-away machine—if the pilot’s destination involves lakes or rivers in remote areas. Wipaire, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2020, announced on April 5 that it has delivered 500 of its popular 2100A float kits, with the latest going to a customer to be put on […]

Frenchman Henri Fabre’s name might not ring a bell to most people. But it just might to pilots operating aircraft that use lakes and rivers as their runways. In 1910, Fabre was credited with the first flight of a powered seaplane at Martigues near Marseille, France. Oddly, Fabre was not even a pilot when he […]